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(Numbei- 20.) 




DADDY GRAY 



A SERIO-COMIC DEAMA, 

In Three Acts. 



BY ANDREW HALLIDAY. 

Author of " Tht Heart of tht Great City," " Mountain Dhu," " Kenilwortk 
Burlesque," dec. 



AS PTRST PRODtJCED AT THE NEW ROTAITT THEATRE, LON- 
DON, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OP MISS M. OUVBB, 
FEBRUABT 1st, 1868. 



TO WHICH AUK ADDED 

A dBscrlptloa of the Coslr.me — Cast of the Characters— Entrancea and Eilts- 

Relativo PosiUous of the Performers ou the Stage, and 

the wliole of the Stage Business. 




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'ist of De Witt's Actinq Plats" are very suitable for representation in stiuill Amateur Tltea- 
tres and on Parlor titages, as they need but little extrinsic aid from complicated scenery or 
expensive costumes. They have attained their deserved jMpularityby their droll situations, 
excellent plots, great humor and brilliant dialogues, no less than by the fact that they are the 
most perfect in evenj respect of any edition of plays ever published either in the United States 
or A'urope, whether as regards purity nf the text, accuracy ami fulness of stage directions and 
scenery, or elegance of typography and clearness of printing. 

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Acts. The figures in the columns indicate the number of characters — Itl.male; 
F. female. 



No. M. F. 

75. Adrienne, drama. 3 acts 7 3 

114. Anythiug for a Change, comedy, 13 3 

lfi7. Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts. . . 7 3 

93. Aveii Belle (The), farce, 1 act 3 2 

I 40. Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 2 

8fl. Aunt Charlotte's Maid, farce. 1 act.. 3 3 

192. Game of Cards (.\), ci medietta, 1 3 1 

16tj. BardeH vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 2 

41. Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 3 

141. Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 3 

67. Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act.. 7 3 
36. Black 8hecp, drama, 3 acts 7 5 

160. Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acta 11 6 

70. Bonuic Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 1 

179. Breach of Promise,, drama, 2 acts.. 5 2 

25. Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta, 14 8 

24. Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act. 2 2 

1. Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 3 

69. Caught bv the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 1 

175. Cast upon the World, drama, Sacts.lO 5 
55. Catharme Howard, historical play, 

3acts 12 5 

80. Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 3 

65. Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts 6 h 

68. Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 3 
7(1. Cliops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 2 

149. Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 7 

121. Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 1 

107. Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 1 

152. Cupid's Eye-Glass, co'uedy, lart... 1 1 

52. Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 1 

148. Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 net ^.... 2 1 

113. CyriU's Success, comedy, 5 acts — 10 4 
199. Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta, 1 act 4 2 

20. Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

4. Daiideliou's Dodges, farce, 1 act 4 2 

22. David i-ariick, comedy, 3 acts 8 3 

96. Dearest .ALunma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 3 

16. Deaier than Life, drama, 3 acts 6 5 

58. Deborah (l.eah) drama, 3 acts 7 6 

125. Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 1 

7L Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts. . 5 3 

143. Dollars aud Cents, comedy, 3 acts. . 9 4 



Dreams, dr.ama, 5 acts 6 3 

Duchessdela Valliere, play, 5 acts.. 6 4 

Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 2 

Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3acts. B 5 

Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 1 

Fausr and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 7 
Fearful Tragedy iu the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act 4 1 

Female Detective, drama, 3 acts. ...11 4 

Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 10 

Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 2 

First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 1 

Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 3 

Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act.. .42 

Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 4 

Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 2 

Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 4 
Goo>e with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 act 5 3 

Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 3 

Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 1 

Hard Ca.se (A), farce, 1 act 2 

Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 3 

Heniy the Fifth, historical play, 5.38 5 

He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 2 

Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 5 

His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 1 

Home, comedy, 3 acts 4 3 

Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 1 

Hunting the .Slipper, farce, 1 act 4 1 

High C, comedietta, 1 act 4 2 

Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 2 

If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

lact 4 3 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act 3 2 

In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 3 

In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. ..4 2 

Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts II 4 

I Sha'l Invite the Major, comedy, 14 1 

Jack Long, dr.Tma, 2 acts 9 2 

Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. .. 3 3 

Kind to a Fault, comedy. 2 acts 6 4 

Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts 12 5 

Lanie E-^cuse, farce, 1 act 4 Sf 



I 



DADDY GRAY. 



% ^cvio-Comic graraa, 

IN THEEE ACTS. 



By ANDREW HALLIDAY, 

/I 

liUhor of "The Heart of the Great City," "Mountain Dim," " KerAhmtih 
Burlesque," etc. 



AS FIRST PRODUCED AT THE NEW ROYALTY THEATRE. LONDON, 

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MISS M. OLIVER, 

FEBRUARY 1, 18G8. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTDME — CAST OF THE CHARACTERS — S 
TRANCES AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PEK- 
FOHMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 
OP THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



NEW YORK: 

ROBERT BI. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, 

No, Ci J ILu s V a t rcc t . 

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DADDY GIIAV. 



CAST OF CIIAItACTEES. 






Kcw Royally Theatre, Lon- Daly's Fifth Ai'rxue 
dnn, Feb. 1, 18C8. Thraire. 1870. 

rctcr Bell, an artisan Mr J. Etobei l. Mr. H. Eyneu. 

Hariy Garden, ii young miller. . .Mr. Philip Day. Mi. Geo. Jordan, Jn. 

Da :dy (iray, a retired tradesman. llr. F. Dewae. Mr. E^ L. Davenpokt. 

Mr. Travers. a solicitor Mr Kenwakd. Mr. Evavs. 

AMgu3tu3 Jinks, hisclcik Mr. Danvebs. Mr. Jajie,- Lewis. 

?.lr Diudso, a junior a', tlic bar..JIr. Cn.uiLES. 
Jnlinny, a boy, son of Peter Bell .Master J. IIekiii. 

Postman Mr. C'obbett. 

Mrs Bell Mrs. J. House. 

Jessie Bell, her dnuRliter Miss Cablotia Addison. Miss Agneb Etbel. 

Kitty Clattcrby, a young 1 idy, who 

mariies in haste and repents 

at leisure. Miss M. Oiitep.. Miss M. LoNGHor.E. 

Lottie, a little fiirl M iss Osdokn. 

Policemen, lawyers, etc., etc. 



TIME OF riAYlXG^Ttio hours. 



srxopsis. 

Peter Bell, an artisan, (iuds himself, l.y reason of a strike, out of woik wi h 
himself and family in a starving coadition. Jessie, Bell's dau-hter, desires to ian'y 
Hairy Garden, a young miller, whose nii;l has been destroyed bv fire The Bcii 
tamily are visited by Daddy Gray, a retired tradesman, who not only rc-nits Weir 
rent, affords them the necessaries of life, but supplies the ehildren with toys imd 
playthm . s. To the consterualioa of Jessie, the insurance com-iany cause the aiT-s' 
of Garden npon .a ch.arge of arson. Daldy Gray emp:oys counsel for the prison;:.; 
while secretly determined to marry Jcrsio himself. The youn- -irl ia indre-J to 
piomise hcrhandtoherfamilys benefactor in the event of her other suilo;- bein- 
ind guilty At he last moment of the trial, while the jury are out, Jessie over'- 
he.-ir3 one of the lawyers asserting that Garden's mill had been (iicd by a half- 
witted lad haying a personal animosity against him. Ghc fails to have this cviJenc 
. itrodneed, and a verdict of guilty is recorded against her iover. Yi^ldin- lo (ho ' 
importunities of her parents, Jessie Bell consents lo mnrrv Daddy Gi-.y v-o a 
r.yed la liis wedding-garments, receives (he feiiciUtions of 1 i. f,i„nd.' 'imm,.' 
.lately prior to his departure for the churc'a. the bridegroom receives a leite- from 
Garden lutended to be transmitted to Jessie, announcing the arrest of the al" 
wi ted lad and his confession as to having been the incendiary. Blinded by hn sel - 
sa desire to espouse the young woman. Gray suppres-es the letter, but is surprise^l 
by the arrival of Garden, a free man Jessie, m bri Jal attire, is astonished Ther 

QiFT 
EST. OF J H. CORNING • 
JUNE 20. 1940 



daedv ci;ay. 



SCENERY {Englifh, present day) 

ACT I.-Interior of a cottage, on four grooves. 



' Laa'aVcape, winter, snow and ice. 



[Cupboard. 



^ 



! Door. 1 



I Window. I ..y 

v-Chair. 

Bound Table, cbail L. 



Fireplace."! : 



I Steps. 



■SCliair. 
Table, cbairs B. and L. 



Chair, s 



Window in F. is a wide one, divided into tbree by two uprigbts, latticed, ran»- 
parent ; dark plain chintz curtains to it, drawn aside ; window is in a recess, 
leet deep ; D. in F. , practicable. Fireplace l. 2 e. has a projectmg covet '^°™'°S '^ 
the room, mantel on it ; lire to burn ; d. l. and it. 1 E.'s practicable. A low iiisht ot 
steps lead down k. 1 e. d., as from' a higher floor. Landscape is farm-grounds, a 
frozen pond and leafless trees, seen in sunlight. Cupboard, ii. 2 E., is practicable, 
with shelves for dishes. Mat down, L. 2 E., before tirephiee. »A, a framed colored 
engraving on flat. 



ACTII.-SceneI. 



A lawyer's oface, on two grooves. 
Backing. 



1 Door. I ■•■•■ 1 Door. | . 



Desk, with stool K. 



-:;;-Chair. 
Table.;; «Chair 



Chair-.-:;:- 



D.-s B. and X.. practicable ; a piece of carpet do.-n. Desk is a h^^ one,^ra.s r=^^ 
round its top,Ud to lift up; P^rers,^ inkstand, rtc.,™.^ „, ,n F., two boxes, with 
boxes, painted in white with " M. P.' and !.•-■ „ „„„„ _,iii, si^n in white 

.> B. W." and " N. A." S»r,e U. : Garden wall on o^^^- »-^^ ^^ ,, , 

letters. - KT To the Court-House." a. Scene Uh : Street ana ax 
court, on three grooves. 



DADDT GRAY. 



ScEKE III.— street and arched entrance to a court, on throe p'oovc:! 
I Street, i 



-;■■ Bench. 



L. and r. 1 e. sets are stone tvalls ; d. t.. is practicable. From A to A springs a 
stone arch. 

ACT III. — Cottage and landscape, on i'our grooves. 



I l-.andscape. 1 



: Trees. 



Set "Water. 



Tree in profile. • 
3 



B, 




Landscape on flat, a row of farm-houses on bank of river ; third entrance line, a 
canvas si>read tor river ; a tree, l., in the water, on islet ; set trees in a grove, n. v. 
K. ; L. 1 and 2 e., a set cottage, windows in upper story ; practicable d., with porch 
in fiont; moming-glories in flower on porch; A. A. A., flowers in pots, one to be 
blue ilowers. li, a bank, one or two leet high, covered with stones, flowers, sheets, 
etc.. to run on to mask part ot the set bank on tliird groove, Irom L. to n., which 
coTcrs the sot water-ti-ont edge -, k. side, a garden wall, Ave feet high, with practica- 
ble gate. C. C, low banks, sis. inches liigh, covered with shells, stones, flowers, etc. 
D. D. D., flowers in pots. The whole scene is lighted very brightly. General effect, 
flue, aunny summer's morning. 



PROPERTIES (See " Scenery.") 

Act I. : Table-cloth, cups and saucers for four ; plates, knives and forks for three ; 
tea-pot; tea in caddv, spoons; sugar in bowl at cupboard, it. 2 E. ; three pipes, to 
break; wash-basin, broom ; tray; ring in box tor Jinks ; two wicker bud-cages, one 
with bird in, liung high up, r. on f. ; easy chair, with cushion, up l. ; toys for Gray 
to bring in Act 1. (.his tirst entrance), Noah's Ark. monkey on stick, pop-gun ; apples, 
a goose ; paper ot smoking tobacco, a bunch of flowers. 

Act II.— Scene 1.— I'lute, with sausage; knife and fork, mil of bread, pewter pot, 
all in desk ; book, ink-stand and quills on desk ; papers, inkstand, quills on table ; 
hat-peg on side flLit, l., for Jinss's hat ; spectacles tor Mr. Teavf.rs ; folded parser 
tor Mr. Drudge to cany in hand. Scene II. : Blue bag tor Jinks. Scene III.: 
Papers for Lawyers. Art III. .- Cleavers and raarrorr-bones for Bcttcfters ; flowers 
in pots, and moming-frlories in bloom for porch (see " Scenerif ") ; a letter in envel- 
ope inside another envelope ; pipe for Jises : white rosettes for BrxCHERS, Johnny 
and Bystanders for Tableaux. [fok costttmes, see last page]. 



DADDY GEAY. 



ACT I. 



SCEXE. — Bell's Cottage. Peter Bell enters s'.owly and dejectedly, n. 1 

E. D. 

Bell. Another dny begins, and if I don't find something to do, I and 
my \\ife and child may soon go to tlie Woik-house. {^up r. at cKpboayd) 
Only lialf a loaf. Well, (sighiii;/) lialf a loaf is better than no bread, as 
the saying is. Anything else ? {crosses to fireplace, l. 2 E.) Nut a hat- 
ful of coals. No tea ! (at fireplaci) No tobacco — not a pipeful ! [snengeb/ 
Ireaks pipi) Oh! luxuries are not for a jioor man like me who can't af- 
ford necessaries of life ! I wonder whether I shall get work to-day '( 
{ftereelii) What's the use of my standing here wondering, when I ought 
to go out and look for it ! [Exit d. m F., angnbj, and off L. side. 

Voiec 0/ Jessie tff b.. 1 e. singing, enters R. 1 E. 

Jessie (singing'). "Allen a summer morning," etc. {goes itp c.) Half past 
eight! and father will be in to breakfast at nine, (xuigs tiiule she arranges 
tilings at JirepiaeCj L.) 

Habrt Garden enters l. 0. e., to the tcindoto icit/mit. 

Harry (aside.) There she is ! as lively as a lark and merry as the birds. 
(alond) Jessie ! 

Jessie (itirm). Ah ! H?.rry. 

IIarrv. Haven't you a kiss for me this morning, Jessie 1 

Jessie. Perhaps I have, but isn't it worth coming in for, Harry ■? (up l. 
c.) 

Harry. Give it to me through the window. Like the school-boy's ap- 
jilos, it will be all the sweeter for being stolen. 

Jessie (at u-iv.dou-). Im not tall enough, Harry ! 1 11 blow you one. 
(blows kiss. ) 

Harry (rr.red). Ah! 

Jessie. What's the matter'! 

Haruv. The wind blew it away! That's what I call "wasting your 
sweetness on the desert air!'' 

Jessie (i.isses through lattice). There ! 

Harry. I caught it that time. 



DADDY CliAI. 



Hasby enters D. in r., comes rhu-n r. io fnnt, singing first verse, of " Miller 
of Dee " to " And (his llie Buideu of liis Sons " w/ien /if f/'Yats Jessie 
to /inn, and ichdc nm/ing " I caies lor nobody, no, not I, for nobody 
cares for me ! " gwes it a mocking tone to eonlrr.st tht words with his 
affectionate embrace, and looks at i ESS\r.. At end he Itsscs her. 

Jessie. You are merry this morning. Anj' one would tliink that a 
miller who had bad bis mill burnt down, would notliave a heart for such 
mood. (c. front.) 

lI.^r.RY. I am insured, I'll makj the insurance company i)ay, and build 
uj) a better mill agaiji. Anil with you in the lioubc, and 1 in the mill, all 
wdl fjo on click-clack, click-clack as belV)re. 

Jessie. If you have me, something else than the mill will go click- 
clack ! 

IlAHitY. Eh ? oh, you mean your pretty little tongue. I am going to 
builil the daintiest little cottage, all for you — a real golden cage to put 
yon in. 

Jessie. With a perch, like Dickey's yonder 1 {points io cage on Jiat n.) 

IIaiiuy. Yes, and feed you with sugar like him, and you shall sing to 
me when I say " Sweet, Sweet !'' 

Jessie. Are you sure you will always say " Sweet, Sweet V 

IIakry. Ever so sure ! 

Jessie. If ever you should be naughty and tease me, I should ^«i 
at you ! {lasses him.) 

Harry {imiglis). Like that 1 Then I should often tease you. 

Jessie {abniplbj)'. But you are throwing me all beliiml. I have 
broth-'r and sister to dress fur school, and breaklast to make ready. 

Harry. Can't I help you'? 

Jessie (/cKy/is). You! witli your clumsy hands 1 what can you do 1 

Harry. Wliatever Love directs. 

Jessie (l. »;<). Then Love directs you to sweep up the fireplace. 
There's the broom, {np c.) 

H.ARRY {^Jctrpsjireplaee, and pnts broom back in place). "What else ] 

Jessie. Fetch me the breakfast things — ihe cups and saucers. 

Harry. Cups and sriucers — cups and saucers, {gels things frcm <•«;;- 
board, uh le Jessie spreads cloth mi table, and thty set table Ictu'cen them.) 

Jessie. That's all right! now run and see if the kettle is boiling. 

11.\::ry {to fireplace). 1 can t hear it sing. Sing, kettle ! {takes uppoker, 
and planges it betwein bars, as if to frighten the kettle) " Kettles that can sing 
and wont slug, must be made to sing!" Confound it! It's like the 
yonng ladies — it won't sing w hen you want it to ! {poker ba'incss as before.) 

Jessie. If it is like young girls, you will not persuade it that way. 

Harry. Perhaps it's singing to itself. I'll listen and see. {in taking 
off cover tf iea-ketde scalds hiinstlf, dnpscorer, comes down L. c.) 

Jessie (to f rep ace, replaces cover, laughs). How clumsy you men are iu 
these little tilings. 

Harry. Little things inileed ! I can manage a mill, and drive a steam- 
engine, but I can't" take the cover olF a tea-kettle without burning my 
fingers. 

Jessie. Peo|)Ie generally do burn their fingers, who meddle with things 
they don t understand. When we'i-e married. Harry, }ou can manage 
the mill, anil 1 will manage the kettle. 

Haruy {crosses around, tjoing vp R.) Why, what's that 1 

Jessie. The new arm-chair. It's a present from old Daddy Gray to 
mother, (c.) 

Harry. The dear old soul. 



ACT I. * 

Jessie. I wish tliere were morij in tlie world as good as DadJy Gray. 

Hakrv. All ! there are few like him. It wo'ild be a ]>lea.'santer world 
if there were more so pleasant. Bnt I musi keep my appointment with 
the agent. I will call as I come back, Jessie, {^going tip n., iei/t/ia to 'vy 
'■ Miller of Dee.") 

Jessie {mcaiiinghj). Good-bye ! i^llAERi: turns, laiiglis, and returns to lass 
her') Good-bye. 

Hakrv. Good-bye ! 

\^E.rit T>. in F., singmy " Miller of Dee' to himsrlf. 

Jessie. Ah! (Jo R. 1 E.) Now, then, Johniij and Lottie, come and be 
dressed. 

Harry (outside at loindow, eiside). What a luck) d< g \ am, to be suie. 

i';i?()- JouxNY and Lottie, r. 1 E., very reliictnnt'i/, and Jessie forces them 
up c ; to the wpih'basin in the xnndenv-reeess. 

t ESSIE. Johnny I {pulls JoiiysY to kistn) will you be gocdl 

JouxxY. I don't want to be washed! {heginning to oy.) 

Jessie. Bnt you must. 

Jou.NXY (err/trg). I was washed yesterday. 

Jessie. And so you had your breakfast yesterday. But you want it 
to-day 1 

JouNXY. Yes. (quie/;l>/) But I don't eat soap ! 

Harry (aside). No'fear about my shirt-buttons! [Exit i. u. E. 

Jessie (business with the tu-o ehddrtn). Come here this instant, you bad 
boy ! See how good Lottie is ' 

Joii.vNY. Ou, oui j-ou've put soaj:! in inj eyes 

Jessie. Lottie, put on your pinafore; Joh.rj, giiti me jour ether 
hand ; you've got two hands : Oh, you bad brj : (concludes trashing busi- 
ness) There, Johnny, dry your hands . Now, g.: out ami jilay till I call 
you into breakfast ! I Exeunt Tohxsy' and Lottie, d. in F. 

.Mk.s. Bell enters R. 1, e. 

Jessie. Ah, mother! (places emn-ehair nt f replace) Come and .sit down 
by the fire iu the nice new chair Daddy Gray brought. 

[Exit n. 1 E., singing. 

Mrs. Bell (in chtir bg Jin). Poor girl' Sli9 little knows what is 
hanging oyer us, or slie would not be so merry ! 

Enter, n. in v., dfJectcJly, Petee, connne, dour- n, ! 
r 

Mrs. Bell. Well, Peter 1 

Peter. It is not well. 

Mrs. B. No work 1 

Peter. None. The same answer evevpvher'i. J' Very happ) to lake 
you on, but no room." 

Mrs. B. It is very hard i 

Peter (c, front). It is hard ! v.heiiaman e-ar noriv and is willing to 
work, but can get no work to do ! 

Mrs. B. I diiu t know what is to become of U5. 

Peter. Tht rain seemed to come down in a h»ap. Not content witli 
our bad luck, there was the burning of Harry's n.'.ll. (to L., up.) 

Mrs. B. Yes, it he had married Jessia he might have helped us. 
'What did that butcher say ] 

Peter. That he mus'. liave his money i 

Mrs. B. And the baker 1 



8 BADDT saAr 

Petek. All the same. 

Mrs. B. And it we caunot pay tliem, Petei- ' 

Petek. Do you know wliat a brotherly butcher or baker does to his 
fellow-man when he can't pay — sells him up! 

Mrs. B. Mr. (iray don't ask for his rent. 

Peter- No ! Mr. Gray comes here every day and sees how it is. 

Mrs. B. He comes so often. Cau'l yon guess what for, Peter t 
(Peter coitpcrscs u-ith her in dumb show.) 

Jessie enters B. 1 E., singing ; checks her singing on seeing Peteu. 

Jessie. All, father ! (Jcisses Petek) Good morning ! You can sit up to 
table now. {to t>. in f.) Johnny and Lottie, come to breakfast! (Mb. and 
Mrs. B. caine to tiiik.) 

JoHNNT and Lottie enter D. in P. 

All's ready, (gets teapot from fireplace.) 

*Mrs. B. 

Jessie.* : " Table. : *Peteb, with Lottie on his knee. 

JonNNT'*^ on a stool, • 

.All at table, business of tea-drinldng and eating. ■ 

JonNNT. I'm so hungry I (coughs.) 

Jessie. Oh, nauglity boy that you are I You're choking! (thumps 
Johnny on the bade) Oh, you greedy boy ! 

Daddy Gray enters l. u. e. to ivindow, looks in. 

Lottie. Oh, I see Mr. Gray ! 

Gray (aside). Quite a picture — a family picture, (knock, d. in p.) 

All. come in ! 

Gray enters, d. in r., domt u. side. 

Gray. Good morning, good morning ! 

JouxNY. Oh, Mr. Gray ! (rises.) 

Gray. What do you think I have brought to-day 1 

Lottie. laollipops I 

Gray. Lollipops — no! Guess again. 

Jou.xNY. Junibies! 

Gray. Pshaw ! 

Johnny. Oh, I know ' It's a conundrum ! " Because it's a-jar! " 

Jessie {ttrokes Jonti}iv p'ai/fidii/, laughing). Oil. clever. 

Gray. What day is to-morrow, Lottie 7 

Lottie. Tuesday. 

Gray. N<i, that s not it. 

Jessie. Oh, no ! I know what Daddy means ! It's Michaelmas ! 

Gray. Of course, it is, and I've brought vou a foose. (produces goose.) 

All. Oh! 

Johnny. Ain't he a whopper ! (dances around goose and Gray, b., taking 
from poct;ets as lie speaks, and Jessie putting things on tabic, while Mb. and 
Mrs. iizLl. exchange mean ng glances). 



ACI 1. 9 

Grat. Here's the sage. 

Jessie. Saye 

GiiAV. And the onions 

Jessie. And 4)nion.s 

Gkay. And tUe— now what liave I done with the apple-sauce 1 Oli, I 
know, liere it is. And liere's a — a monkey and a Noali's ark for Lottie 
— come along, Lottie. (Lottie leaves Peter's knee and eomcs r.) And 
a pop-gun for Jolniny. (Joh.nny clap.i las hands.) 

Jessie. Children, uiiere's your manners ! 

JoHNXY. Tliank you, Daddy '■ X rp ,, 

Lottie. Tnanis you. Mr. Gray ! J •'"?"'''■ • 

Jessie. Why Daddy, you aie as clover as the conjurer we saw at the 
fair lo-day. 

Gray. Bless you, I've not lialf done! Watch me closely ! There's 
no deception- (^produces small nosetjaif,) 

Jessie {Inkesjioieers). Oh, how lovely ! how sweet they smell ! 

Joii.vxY. Wiiere are >ionr manners, Jessie ! 

Gray (lo Mus. 'Bell). And bow ate you to-day, ma'am'! 

Mks. B. Not very well. 

Gray. Oh, you must clieer up ! And you, Peter ■? 

Peter. Pretty well. 

Gray. I almost forgot you. I want you to try some tobacco, {gives 
pnpey to Peter) It's some I've had down from London. Bless you, you'll 
not get any such here. 

Peter. Thank you, Mr. Gray. 

Jessie (looks at Mrs. Bell, u-ho nods). Won't you have a cup of tea, 
Daddy ! 

Gray. I don't mind ifl do. 

Jessie. Jolmny, get a chair for Mr. Gray. 

Gray (lakes Johnny's stool). No, never mind, this will do. 

Jessie ( pourinj out tea). Do you take sugar *! 

Gray. A little. 

.Iessie. Milk ! 

Gray. Just a drop. 

Jessie. Oh, dear, I'm so sorry — there's no milk. 

Gray (ijincki;/). Oh, I forgot, I never do take milk, (supping tea) The 
Chinese, my dear, tl;e Chinese never do lake milk, I am told, in their tea, 
and they ought to know about it. 

Jessie. Have some more. 

Gray. Oil, no! I never take more than one cup — bless you, no ! 

Johnny (7r//o /k'.s been idtij straying about at back, eomes dotcn R.). Won't 
you come and [ilay, Daddy I 

Peter. Don't you annoy Mr. Gray. 

Gray. Oh, bless you ! they don't annoy me. 

Dui-ing fotlowiiiff, Mrs. Bell rend Jessie leinove breakfast things, Petek 
going to ehair up L. bij Jireplace. 

Gray. Come, {lakes chair to r. side) I'll explain your toys. 
Jessie {icnies down r.). Oh, do ! Daddy. 

Behind Gray's chair, Johnny r. of him, Lottie i., of him. 

Gray. What will I begin with % 
Johnny. The monkey. 
Jessie. The nasty thing ! 



10 DADDT OEAT. 

Gray. Mind what vou are saying, my dear. Scientific men. tliat know 
all about these things, say that we were all monkeys once. 

Johnny (solenmbj). Tliink of tliat, Lottie! 

Jessie. And go np and down slicks like that, Daddy "? 

Gray. Yes, my dear; but I must be a very degenerate monkey, for 
I m sure 1 couldn t do it ! Oh, here's tlie ark — I had a precious hard 
time to get one ol them. They tell me a bisliop has been writing a book 
against it, and since tlien it has gone out of fashion. 

Jessie. What a sliame ! 

Gray. All ! all the toys are going out of date that useti to amuse us 
when we were young. Where'.s your gun, Johnny ? i 

Johnny. Here! {points to 3 essw.) Siioot her. Daddy ! ' 

Gray. Ah, this is a gun, if you like ! (shoots cork oid) Never misses fire ' 
The same ammunition every time ! {s/ioots agnin) Look at that ! This 
makes no widows and orphans ! Let Sir William Armstrong beat that if 
he can ! 

Johnny. Won't you play a game. Daddy 1 

Peter {sealed up l. by fire, with Mrs. Bell seated). Don't you bother JIi'. 
Gray, I tell you ! 

Gray. They. don't bother me. 1 like it! 

Jessie. Let's plav blindman's buff! 

Johnny. ) p, ^ , 

Lottie. 5 ' •' 

Jessie. And Daddy'll be blind man ! 

Gray. Have it your own way. 

Jessie {hUnds Gray xeith his handkerchief). Can you see 1 

Gray {rises). Nofatall. 

Jessie. " How many horses has your father go in his stable 1 " 

Gray. He hasn't got any ! 

Jessie. You must say " three." 

Gray. Three, then. 

Jessie. What color are they 1 

Gray. I don', uiow. Yellow I 

Jessie. No ! lilack, white and grey ! 

Gray. Black, white and grey ! 

Jessie. " Then turn around three times and catch whom you may.' 
{turns Gray around ami pushes hnn to c. Business of the gome.) 

Gray. Now I have you ! No I haven't I {at last catches Jessie) Oh! 
{kisses her ; handkerchief taken off.) 

Johnny {sulkdi/). I shan't play any more. Whenever we play. Daddy 
always catches Jessie ! 

Petek {smokitif/). It is time they were oft' to school ! 

Johnny. I don't want to go to school. 

Peter. Do you hear, sir I 

Gray {attempts to soothe Johnny). Come, go along like a good little 
man ! 

Johnny {being pushed out D. in f. iy Jessie; ^oGray). How would you 
like to go to school 1 [Exeunt Johnny and Lottie d. »' F. 

Peter. Wliat do you say to have a pipe, Mr. Gray '? 

[Exit Mrs. Gray, r. d. 

Gray. Well, I don't mind if I do have one, Peter, (up L.) 

Peter. Jessie, can ycu find i: pipe lor Mr. Gray 1 

Jessie. Oh, yes I I kept a nice new one for Daddj*. Here it is! (at 
fircpiaie : Gray seated in arm-thau ) Oh, there's no wax on it. However, ■ 
I know how lo put it on. (ii-axcs eua of pipe) Shall I liglit it for you 1 

Grat. Do my dear, (smoka.) 

Jessie (a littic lou'i' l.) 4 do so like a pipe ! 



ACT I. 



II 



r,EAT (surprised). You, Jessie, like a pipe t 

JiissiB. V'es. I like ii because il comforts father so! 

Peter. Bless you, my girl, liless you ! 

Tessie Now, I'll jio and help mother make the beds. 

[iVi( K. 1 E., stitffinff to herself. 

Peter (smoklnq). A hamly Kirl. that ! 

Gkay. And will make a treasure of a wife, Peter, to some young fel- 
low who won't ajipreciate lior. 

Petek. I shouldn't womler ! 

Gkay Well, Peter, how are things going on with you % 

Peter. From bad to worse. Not a chance of earnmg a penny. 

Gray. Have vou tried the new Iron Works % ^ ■ , 

Peter Yes and everywhere, A poor man with a family has no right 
to be proud, and I offered to break stones for the roads, and couldn't get 

a iob even at that ! .,,,1-1,1 

Gray It's a lon'^ lane that has no turning. JUst now trade is bad. 

Peter So I aurtold at every hand. I am in debt— in every man s 
rtebt— in your debt, and I can't get a chance to work it out. Mr. Gray, 
I'm a ruined man, just. , , , , 

Gray. Don't say that. While there's life there s hope ! 

Peter. I wish 1 could see it. 

Gray It's a long lane that has no turning. Times will mend. 

Petes. And while they're mending, the poor man's heart is breaking. 

Gray. I tliink 1 can see a way out of it. 

Peter. You liave only to name it ! 

Gray. Perhaps you would in't like ii. (rises.) 

Enter, R. 1 E., ffoiiir/ iijy to window, Jessie. 

Gray. Suppose we take a stroll in the garden, when I will tell yon what 
I propose. (Ac ""(' Peter y; o/'l. 1 E. D.) . , , 

Jessie (nside). Here be comes, I saw him from the window ! 

Enter, L. u. E., and on h/ D. in f., vcnj dejectedly, Harry, down e. 

Jessie Oli, Harrv, we have been having such fun ! Daddy Gray was 
here and brou"ht us sucha lot of things— monkeys, and Noak's arks for 
Lottie, and pist'ols for Johnny, and, look ! such a nice bunch of flowers 

for me ! , , , . , 

Harry (te«cssM. It's very kind of him ! 

Jessie Isn't it''! he's so good. Why, Harry, what s the matter 7 

Harry. I've just seen iMr. Travers. It seems I can t have rny n-.oney 
yet. There'll probably be an inquiry about the mill. 

Jessie. But vou will be paid some time. Harry ! 

Harry Oh I hope so. But if tliev make any dispute as to the amount 
of the property, or put me to law expenses, il will be a long time be- 
fore I will be myself again. 

Je'jsie It's verv hard on vou, Harrv, but I would wait ! 

Ha'rry. But to'jymt ? I'm atraid, then, I'd have to give good-bye to the 
cottace— the gilded cage of my darling. . . , . 

Jessie (cheerfiU.i/). Tlieu the little bird would be content with a plain 
one like Dickey's there ! (beside Harry vt front of table.) 

Harry. I have had a sort of presentiment that something would go 
wron'^ I may have to begin the world all over again ! 

Ji-ssiE Then I would begin il with you, ami help with my pair of hands. 
Why, Harry, it was not Ihe mill I fell in love with, but the miller! (on- 
br.^.ccs Harry.) 



12 

BABDr GHAT. 

Harkt. lint what is a miller n-itliout .-i mill 

Jessie. Harry ! 
Hakes-. AVell, Jcssio? 

Jessie. And you're going otfwilhov.t paving me mine ' 
JZuiu'''""'"'"' '° ''" '"^- ^""'^-''^■'' ""»'"•• 1'" ^"-^^ -n to tell you 

i:^'ier, D. j« F./ro))i n. -j. n., niTTV. 

EiTTT. My dear' (s/,c r>,d Jessie embrace and cowe do,->„) 

Jessie Oh, Kilty ! I am so glad to sec V.-.U' 

Kitty. You dont look so. 

Jessie. Harry has been hero. 

Kitty Oh, and you have been having a few words 1 I don't «ee whv 
It a fteMl^mlre" n7"' *^^,A"Sus.us"and I often liave a few .^rds^! 
on purnose He . "■' "?''"' '"" '',"''== P"'"™*' ^« "'^-^ • "'"^" do it 

ul'gtr;r%,os!r.rvZ.'^"''' "" '-'i^y.d^r.beeause we have some- 

Jessie. Is lie here ?' Do bring him in. 

presenuble"inhin?'"'n,'° '"7=""? .J'""- Not that there's anything nn- 
p esentable m him ! Oh, no [ nothing that, a young lady could i.ossiblv 

first'Lor^'ir'"' ''" """" "'"^" '^ ■'">'"' ^"""™' Au^u^tus beiiMis 
ble 'tool, ' Lr"''^""'^'"' ["•'■ "'"'■ "'= P="-^'"^ «■■" "Mistily respe'cla- 
v^'<,er 'r f ' " ,^°"'<^""ng <='""">"t in the clmrch-a vicar or a 

o3;A^;'Vl''''T,'"^''" ■'•'''"•• f"' "'""Si' Augustus at i>ro=ont, 

Tng Lj^Tciiraifeelfor '■'"' '"''' ''='' "'"^ '='"-^"'- '^^^ '^ ^''=''>- "^ ^-°- 

Jessie. Oh ! I so long to see hirn ! 
.l^hir^' ^ "'°"3'" ''- ^"""^ to prepare you, for he's got his wedding- 

Jessie. Wedding-clothes? 

Kitty Oh, it's not come off yet. But you f^ee, last Saturday he 
ordered them to be made, and now he is wearing himself into ihem So 
Vliev are new— ami, of course, he is nervous, and, between you and me 
he teels rather foolish in them. ' 

Jessie. Do show him in ! 

U-^nlU\ ^°"' '"'■"'' P'^"'*'' >'°" '''""'^ '="'2'' "t I'isliat-his white hat- 

it b IIGW, loo. 

Jessie. No ! (ffocs a Utile up l. c.) 
in/dlarV^"" "^ '" "■''" ^'' '^"" "' '""' °^^- ^°""' '"' Augustus ! Come 

i:'itcr Jinks, d in f., ntid comes down n., hat on, rcr„ embarrassed Eittt 
touches her bonnet, Jixks starts and takes of hs'hat to JcbSiE. 

^KiTTT. Mis3 Bell, permit me, Mr. Jinks! Mr. Jinks, Miss Jessie 



ACT I. 13 

.■ -3 fy.z ■ i^.-i- cl.sti-os with Ilia hnt):l\\\ delighted to make your acquain- 

KriTY (nsiilcto Jessie). Quite tlie gentleman, ain't he ? 
• JiNss. 1 — I hope your family are quite well i 

Je->sie. Quite, sir. 

Ki iTV (lu Jessie, /rside). Polite, ain't he ■? 

Ji.NKS. I hope, miss, you'll call me Augustus. Not that I'm ashamed 
of luv name, jiuks, but it sounds more friendly like, and we must hi 
Ulcu.h. 

KiTTV (to Jessie). Sociable, too ! {aloud) Augustus, dear, show Jessio 
the wedding ring you bonglit for me. 

Ji.N'ics {provinces riiir/). Here it is, miss. I gave nine bob for it — I mean 
nine shillings — it's nine rmvo/s fine ! a bob — I mean, a shilling a,car?ol.' 
dear as vegetables, cheap as gold. 

Kitty. Isn't it a beauty ! {rctiiriis riiiff to JiXKs — to Jinks) Ain't you 
going to ])ut your hat down," Augustus 1 {takes /tut, fvllotvcd ii/ JisKs to 
tabic, anddiips it down j'oiCf//iti/.) 

Jixics. 'What are you doing'! 

Kitty. Now, Augustu.'j ! 

Ji.vKS. You let my hat alone. 

Kitty. You aint a-going to quarrel about that. 

Ji.xics. You needn't call attention to my hat. It is quite capable of 
calling attention to itself alone ! 

Kitty. Now, don't be cross, Augustus I Let's kiss and be friends. 

Jinks. I ain't cross, {t/ie;/ kiss) Only don't yuu do it again ! * 

Kitty (^^ Jessie). So amiable, isn't he? (o Jinks) Show Jessie your 
embroidered shirt-front, {puis apni Jink's coiit, I'fiur nststtntcc.) 

Jinks I ain't a Intnsfornialiou scene ! 

Kitty. Now. don't be cross. Jessie is a fiiend ! 

Jinks. " The Free List it is Entirely Suspended ! " {Intttons liis coat up iii- 
ditjiiautlp.) 

Kitty. Well. .Jessie, we've come to propose you and Karry, and Augus- 
tus and I should all be married the same day 

Jinks. In the same cliurcli 

Kitty. Hy Ihe .same parson 

Jinks. And club together for the wedding-breaiifast ! 

Kitty. Augustus is r.ot rich yet — not so well oti' as your miller — and 
can only atl'onl one tly ; but with your two, that 

Jinks (hcdj sxigimj). Three blue-bottled tiies ! 

Kitty (/o Jessie.) That's only his nonsense I It will wear otf with (1;5 
nap of his new clothes and the gli>ss f)f his new hat. So, what tlo you 
say, is it goins to come oli' this day three weeks \ 

.'i:ssiE {sndhj). I am afraid — I mean — I don't knuw when ours will Ije. 

Kitty. Oh, my dear! 

Ji-;ssiE Hariy, you see. is in some troulile about the mill, and till that's 
setileil, and we don't know when, nothing can be done 

Kitty. l''m so sorry! And I've bought my bonnet, and veil, and 
the white kid boots! 1 should like to wait, but — but I am afraid I 
couldii t. .\ngnstus, could you ? (Jinks screws up I'is face in distaste) My 
dear, he couldn't ! I read it in his eyes. I'm afiaiil — I wish I hadn't 
bought lho^e kid boots ! I've sat up at night with the canille burning on 
purpose to admire them on the table — I shan't be liapp\' till I have worn 
them ! 
"Jessie. Wear them — don't mind me, and be happy ! 

Jinks. Kittt. Jessie. 

K. c. c. L. c. 



14 DADDY GEAT. 

Kitty. But it's really so unkind ! Oil, I wish I liadn't bouglit these 
boots ! 

JixKS {hat in hand). It's time to go, Kitty! 

Kitty. He's so eager — we're going to put up (lie banns. It must be 
done three times ! Vie shall have to wait three weeks before we are mar- 
lied ! 

Jinks. Two weeks ! There are tliree Sundays to the two weeks. 

KiTTV. So there is ! {to Jessie) Isn't he anxious 1 

Ji.\i;s. Good-bye, Miss Bell ! I have tiie honor (goes up e ) 

Kitty. Good-bye, dear I I'm so sorry ! I wish I hadn't bought those 
—good-bye I I'm coming, Augustus ! Good-bye, dear 1 (business of her 
and Jinks trying to go out cif D. in p. at the same time.) 

Jessie (alone). How happy she is ! (up c, behind taUe, falls into ehair at 
it, and lets her head sin/: on her arms, sobbing) And I ! (faee hid.) 

Enter, l. 1 E. D., Peteu. 

Peteh. Jessie, wliat are you doing there 1 What are you crying about 1 
Jessie (;•!«>). Nothing' only Kitiy has been here witli her sweetheart, 
and Ihey are going to he married. 

Peter. Tiiere is nolliing in (hat to cry about ! 

Jessie. No! But Harry was liere, and he is in trouble about the mill. 

Petek. Iu trouble I 

Gray enters l. 1. e. Mks. Bell enters v.. 1 E. and goes vp l. 

Jessie. Yes. The insurance comjiany won't pay the money ; but they 
can be made lo j)ay, can't they, l>addy ! (Gray eomes clour to her.) 
Gray. Certainly, my dear.'* 

Enter, D. in F., Travers, duteii K. 

Travers. I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news ! 

Mrs Bell) 

Peter > (together). Bad news ! 

Gray ) 

Jessie. Bad news ! Is it about Harry t 

Gray. What do you mean ■? 

Travers. There's no use beating about the bush, Mr. Harry Garden 
has been arrested 

Jessie. On what charge'? 

Travers. Arson — that of burniug dow n his mill ! 

Jessie. That is false ! 

Travers. 1 am sure of it ! Only the charge is made, and must be re- 
butted ! 

Jessie (half nsiJe). Arson! My Harry accused of such a crime. Oh, 
Ihey cau't believe it ! No one can believe that 1 You don't believe it I 
(to Gray, in whose arms she ).v)f Tell me ! oh, say t/oti don't believe it ! 

Gray. No, no, my child, 1 don't believe it ! 

Jessie. Thanks, Daddy I 

Gray (with an effort). They can't prove it! 

Jessie. But they ve arresteil him — they'll put him in prison : 

Peter. Jessie. Gray. Mrs. Bell. 

R. c. c. L. c. up l. 

Travers. Jebbie. Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Bell. 

R. ; up L. 



Acr II. 



15 



Gray. Nu ! I don't tliiult lliey can do that, my dear. 

Jessie {sobbmrj). Oil ' if tlicy do, I fliall die ! 

Gray (face expresses all the s/indis of (motion of cue loriiiri a ijiil who is m 
plauihi shuuimj hrr love for aiwtlicr, oni his speech is miide witli. cxirlwn). 
Vou'l cry about it — don t talie on so ! You have pavcnts to console you ; 
you liave youi' i'alljei' and your mother, {pause; Jessie clii/ffuiff to him) 
and I — I lore you. 

Jessie (cUmjs still more eloseli/ to him). I l;no\v you do, Daddy ! 

Gray. Yes, I mean what 1 say, Jessie. Jessie, I love you, Jessie ! 

Jessie (loohsiip. auwzed,and thin understands). Jlr. Gray ! (siowiij shrinhs 
from cmb) ace) Mr. Gray ! {a slip auaij) Don't say that lil;o that 1 (nccJ- 
nig to c, u-h'le Gray goes a little l. c.) Go ! (.Mrs. Cell goes aroiui.l 
tab c and eomes down r. Gray sloxchi recedes to L. r>. end gots out.) 

Jessie. Oh! motlier. (fa.is into\\v.&.YjEi,-Lii arms) Wliat does alllhi; 
mean ? (Travers, upn-. converses irilh Peter, animatedhj.) 

Mrs. B. It means, Jessie, that Mr. Gray wants you to be his wife. li ; 
dearly loves you. [Exit Travers, d. vi v. 

Jessie. As a I'atlier % 

Mrs. B. He has been more tlian a fatlicr to you — us all. 

Jessie. What do you mean ? 

Mrs. B. It is time you should know all. For a long time fatlior has 
been out of work. 

Peter {coming down l. c). I liaven't done a stroke. 

Mrs. B. But for Mr. Gray we would not have lliis roof over our head.<. 
And more, when you were ill so long, and we could nolliave done any- 
thing for you, you yet wanted for nothing. The soujis, the jellies, the 
wine — Mr. Gray sent them. The Doctor's bill — he paid it. 

Peter. When 1 did get work, the strike came on, and 1 was not let (h) 
it, but I did lind work though 

Jessie. Mr. Gray gave it you ! (Peteb fiods) I see, you — we all owe a 
great debt to Mr. Gray. It must be paid. Where is our creditor 1 

Peter brings Gray in h. 1 e. p. Jessie ii ahoa! to go to Gray, when Har- 
ry IS led by tieo Policemen from L. u. E. to window. 

Jessie (screams). Oh! {rtis/ies up to tcmdiw) Harry! Harry! Harry! 
(falls forward, hands on xcindow sill. All form picture) 



Policeman. 


Harry. 

Jessie. 


Policeman. 


Mrs. Bell. 


Gray. 


Peter. 


R. c. 


c. 

CPRTAIX. 


L. c. 



ACT II. 



SCENE I. — Lawyer's ojice, discovering Mr. Travers at tabic, Jinks at 
desk, both writing. 

Travers. Have you finished that letter yet, Mr. Jinks 1 

JiXKS. Y'es, sir. 

Travers. Bring it to me. fJixKS t^tkes letter to table. Tkavers rcadi 



16 DADDr GBAT. 

tt) See that all these letters are posteil. I amgohig out. Ti anj-Tsody 
wants to see me o» particular business, sav that I am in the court, (rises) 
Texpectlliat Garden's case will occupy all tlie day. 

Jinks. Poor yoinig man ! I hope he will get otT! 

Travers. As a lawyer's clerk, you have no business to hope any sucii 
thing ! It is not of the slightest consequence to a lawyer wliether a pris- 
oner is innocent or guilty. Ilis business is to condemn him or acquit 
liim. 

Jinks. But Mr. Garden's a friend of mine. We were both going to be 
married the same day. Only he wasn't, and I was ! 

TuAVEKS. All the better for him, and all the worse for you. You'll 
be having a family, and wanting a rise in salary because of the enhanced 
jirice of provisions. There's another thing 1 wanted to speak to you 
about. Don't you come to business any more in that absurd white hat ! 
(puts oil his liat, and stuffs papers in Jiis poeket) I don't permit myself such 
luxuries as a wife. I wonder what the profession is coming to I — law- 
yers' clerks with a wife and a white hat! [Exit l. d. 

JisKs ((done). He's wedded to the law, and his children are threatening 
letters. Tliis makes the eighth I have written to-day. After that avalanche 
of misery for my fellow-tjeings, perhaps I may be permitted to have a 
Itmch. (to desfi, mounting stool) What is it to-day t. (opens desk) A saveloy, 
with a plated fork and a slip of wall-flosver in an old ink bottle it becomes 
a dtjeuner a In Itusse on a In fourehette ! No matter how humble a repast, 
as long as it is elegantly served! (knock l. d., rexed) Come in ! 
\ First JIan (shows his head L. D. humhlij). Is Mr. Travers in ? 

Jinks. No! 

First JIan (ineekhj). I'll look in again to-raorrow ! ^Lxit. 

Jinks. Don't trouble yourself. That's one of the distres.sed defendants, 
lie had Ins " Sir, unle.ss " a week ago. After that bitter pill let us return 

to (to himself , left hand efferinej to the right) "Moutarde?" " sU tons 

plait ! " Chateau Margaux ? (drinks from the pewter pot. Knock, l. d.) 
'L'liis is too bad ! I can only afford one saveloy for lunch, and am not al- 
lowed to eat that, (knock, h. T>., louder') Come in! (aside) and be hanged 
to you ! > 

Seco>'d JIan (shows lis head in I,, doorway ; he is a lawyer's clerk). Mr. 
Travers in! 

Jinks. No! Do you want him very particularly 1 

Second Man. Yes. 

Jinks. You'll And him in the court, then. 

Second Man. Thank you! [Exit. 

Jinks (mouth full). A ease of ca sa .' eh 1 Thai's a pun, or at all events, 
sounds like one ! and that's much the same thing. And now to njiproach 
the saveloy once more ! I wonder who invented the saveloy ! Any how, 
his invention combines economy with luxury on a scale which merits him 
the gratitude of pinched humanity, and, especially that portion appei- 
taining tlieieto which are known as lawyers' clerks. The saveloy ! save- 
loy ! sav-e-loy ! AVliat's the derivation of the word 1 Saveloy — saui- 
la-loi ! save the law! that's it! the sav-e-loy-ation of lawyers' clerks! 
(timid knock, L. D.) There they are again! (closes desk-lid; knork, l. d) 
Come in! (knock repeated; Jinks gets down from stool, Jercely) Come in, 
confound you! (knock, l. d.) Can't you hear ! Ill have to open the door 
myself, (opens l. d.) 

Enter, Kitty, l. d. 

Oh, Kitty, why didn't you come in 1 

Kitty. You frightened me so, Augustus! (to c.) 
Jinks. I didn't know it was you there. 



ACT II. 17 

Kitty. You spoke so harshly. 

JiN'KS. I ttas vexed. I was havnig niyjuiich. 

KiTTV. Wliat have you got 1 I have been in the court with Jessie, and 
I feel so faint. 

JixKs. Only a savcloj" ! 

Kitty. I could eat a bit, do you know. 

JixK.s. Right! Do you remember the vows we plighted at the altar ■? 
For betler or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, we 
will share our last — saveloy ' 

Kitty. Where is it ^ 

Ji.NKS {ojiens ilcil;). In this desk. 

Kitty. How do you get at it ? 

Ji.N"KS. Mount this stool, (assists Kitty to climb on stool) Imagine it a 
horse. Put your foot in the stirrup. 

Kitty. How nice ! Getting up so high gives one quite an appetite. 
{knife pint fork m /lant.) 

JixKS (r. siilf of desk, ill front of it). The seasoning ol the saveloy will 
be found equally high ! 

Kitty {mouth full). I ara afraid I am robbinj you. 

JixKS. Not at all, my dear, not at all ! There are plenty more {asuk) 
in the sho]). Don't sjiare the Chateau Margaux ! ("ft'crs pcxctcr put .) 

Kitty. It's as cood as a pic-nic ! 

Jixics. So you have been in the court 1 

Kitty. With Jessie, poor girl! She is taking on so about Harry. I 
tried to get her to come out Jor a mouthful of {ealniri) fiesh air, but she 
wouldn't leave the hall. They can't prove anything against him, can 
they 1 Do you think hell get off? 

Ji.NKS. You ask me two questions in one breath. He may be innocent 
and yet not get otf ! 

Kitty. An innocent man be punished for what he didn't do 1 

JixKS. He might in law. 

Kitty. Is that justice 7 

JiXKS. No I It's law ! a different thing .altogether. 

Kitty. I won't believe it. Oh, it would be a dreadful thing for poor 
Jessie. It would break her heart. 

Jinks. Tell me, Kilty, suppose I should he guilty of some great crime 
— suppose, say I should commit forgery, or swindle old Travers — though 
I'd have to get up pretty early in the morning to do that ' — would you 
love mo all the same ? 

Kitty. I hojie you're imt a robber, ."Vugustus! 

JixKS. Would you forgive me ! 

Kitty. There's only one thing a woman never forgives ! 

Ji.xKS. Wliat's tliat"l 

Kitty. Her lover loving any one else. 

Ji.N'KS. Oh, I knew that! 

Kitty {s/iaki's the fork, with bit of sausage on end at hiin). And mind you 
observe it. 

li iter, L. D., TiiAVF.KS, tiMazcd at seeing Kitty on stool. 

Travers. What's Ihe meaning of all this'? Who is that woman ! (h.) 
Kitty (enrai/ed). Woman! Augustus take me down off' of this! How 

dare vou bake me down' (is assislid e/own bi/ liyKs — to Travers) lam 

Aususlus' lawful, wedded wife! {to Jixks) Why didn't youhelp me down 
at first 1 

Travers. Oh! In that case you have too much law and virtuous indig- 
pation on vnnr side for me to tackle you. I will only say that lawyers 
don't have their -wives come to visit them in their offices. 



IS DADOr OKAr. 

KiTTV. oil ! (crosses to I..) but Uiej' have other ladies come to see them 
ill theh- oflices. I dare say I am much too respectable to be welcome 
lieie. Good-day! {nsidc) old six-and-eightpence! [Exith-D. 

Tkavers (marches )tp to iKK&.uho recedes before him'). You are a young 
married man, and I must give you a little advice! Don't you ever let 
your wife iiitertere with you in business — or in pleasure, either, for that 
matter, (crosses up to table, l.) And now then — (seated) those letters are not 
otr. At the same time (JixKS comes l. to get his hat off pcff on L. set) take 
this memorandum into court (Jixks puts on hat, takes papers and letters) 
And mind what I told you about that absurd white hat. 

Jinks (false exit L. D., letiirns). Mr. Gray is here, sir. 

Tkaveks. Mr. Gray ? Show him in. 

JiNivS ushers Gray,i«, l. d., and then goes of himself , same. Gray entsrs L. 
D. to L. c, beside table. 

Gray. Well, Mr. Travers, how about this young man — this Harry — Mr. 
Garden — do you think you will get him olF^ 

Travers (watching Gray narrowbj over his spectacles). The evidence is 
very clear. 

Gray. I hope lie will get free. 

Travers. No you don t. 

Gray. What do you say 1 

Travers. That you do not hope lie will get oil". 

Gray. What do you mean % ^ -^ 

Travers. What I say. You are a bad man, Jlr. Gray. You are gen- 
erous enough in your endeavors to release this young man, but in your 
heart you hojie he will not gel off. 

Gray. Well, be it so. She loves me more than you may think for. 
What reasons are there that I should not love her ■? 

Travers. I know no reason that you should not love her, but there 
are many why she should not love you. 

Gray. What are they 1 

Travers. If I mention one, we may dispense with the rest. Yoimg 
hearts naturally prefer congeners, and hearts are trumps, you know ! 

Gr.\y (crosses to n. front, and returns to table, annoyed). Hearts are syco- 
jihanls, and tell us whatever we want to believe. Pah ! that's the cant 
of the world. 

Travers. But the young man's love is the strongest for her. 

Gray. No, Mr. Travers, my love for that young girl is such as no 
young man could feel. I jiassed through muchol life, and was becoming 
a hollow tree in my solitude, when my passion for her grew up, a new 
soul within me — she's part of my existence I 

Travers. But she has known him from a child, and her tendencies a;o 
naturally towards him. 

Gray. That's because young girls don't know what's good for (hem ! 
Young girls are fools — they fall in love willi white teeth, liandsome faces, 
and bushv whiskers. I ask you, how long do such illusions last, gene- 
rally ? 

Travers. Well, generally but a very short time. 

Gray. The handsome young man becomes tired of his pretty toy and 
breaks it. In young hearts, love withers — in the hearts of the old it 
grows ! 

Travers (shakes his head). Ah, Mr. Gray ! (pityinghi.) 

Gray (Irstilg). Why do vou shake your head at me in that way ■? Is 
there anything in my conduct not that of an honorable man 7 It they 
have a homo still around their heads, it is to me they owe it! Is that 



ACT II. 19 

tlie act of a bad man ! When slje came to inr? anrl asked m? to do my 
liost to set tlial vo>iii3 mau iVee ami promi'-ed to lio nijie if lie should 
be found miilly, did not 1 undertake his detence ? Is that theact of a bad 
iiiau % Vou have the case iu your liands, you l>esl, knou- wliotlier I have 
spared anvthiii!; to lead to his release. Is ilial the act of a bud maul 
Dou't be too haril on me ' Von know what I mean. 

TuAVERs. You try to have hiiu found innocent, but you think he will 
be proven guilty. 

GuAY. Why] because I believe this young man (slrJics lablc icith his 
liaiid) is not .1 good young man. I want, to save her from him. (walkn to 
and fro i:i ngUatwn) I waul; to do my duty to her, atid I won't have you 
or any one say I am a bad man ' ic/uiiir/c of tone to iniidcr oik) There, don't 
think ill of me. I — I know she loves me ' 

TuAVER.s. As a faihcr ' 

Gray. Why is that! I am not so very old. I am not sixty, a little more 
or less, then. And you would say lifly is the prime of life. I am a littlo 
more. And if lam old. 1 shall die the sooner, and leave lier a widow. 
Let me have her, let her love me, only a little while, and if she wants nu 
to die, I would do it — readily! (nearly m tears.) 

Tr.AVERS. lla ! hum! I should have thought your heart was a bundle 
cf dry sticks by tliis time ! 

Gray. Mr. Travers, dry slicks burn fiercely. 

Travers. And soon burn out. 

Gray. Long enough for me. I don't want you to think mc a bad man 
^you don't — you can't think that of me. I haven't a wrong thought for 
any man ! so get him otT, if any means will do it! I only ask to have her 
somewhilo as my wife! [Enl l. d. 

Tr.AVERS. Tliat old man is trying to serve the devil and duty at the 
■■^amc time. Poor old boy ! , 

.IiNKS enters, L. D.,. 
Wliat now? 

Ji.m;s. iNli.ss EcU, !.ir 
' Traveks. Bell 1 Bell ? 

JixKS. The young woman who — - 

Travers. Oli, yes ; show her in. "^ 

dixics. She has been hero some lime, but waited until Mr. Gray had 
gone. 

Travers. AIi ! wished to avoid him ? (Jixks noeh. Asnk) And this i.i 
her love for him ! {aloud) Show her in. 

JiXKS makers i'// Jessie, and goes oat l. p. 

Travers. Take a chair. 'What can I do for you, my dear ? 

Jessie (standing). I beg pardon for troubling you, but I am tired of 
wailing in the court. You are the solicitor for Harry Ganlen ? 

Travers. Y'es, I have been instructed by Mr. Gray, who has hung 
back from no ex|)eiiso on his behalf. 

Jessie. Mr. Gray is good and kind. But do you tliiiik he knows all 
about the case 1 

Travers. Though Mr. Gray chose me, I received my fall instruclions 
from the prisoner — I mean Mr. Garden himself. 

Jessie. I have been watching tliejury till my heart was like to break. 
But their faces are so cold! 1 could read notliing on them. Do vou 
think he will get otf! 

Travers. I don't know. Vou can tell nothing by them. The evidence 
is strong against him. 



20 DADDT GEAT. 

Jessie (excitaily). They will find him guilty — Ihey will take him away 
from me. 

Travers. No, no ! they haven't yet given in their verdict. 

Jessie. Oh I 1 know they will. Tell me, what will ihey do to him ! 

Travers. He is not yet found guilty, and may not be. 

Je>sie. It is kind of you to say tliat, but you don't think it. If he is 
brought in guilty, what will the sentence be ! 

Travers. If — if — transportation. 

Jessie. Transportation! All! forhowlongl 

Travers. Not more than — seven years. 

Jessie (dasps haivls). Seven years! longer than my heart's life' Tell 
me, can I go lo him 1 No! If I should connnit a crime like his, would they 
send me to hi n — near him 1 Is there no hope — no hope % {about to throw 
licrself at Travers' feet, but he prevents her.) 

Travers. Yes ! He is not yet found guilty. Mr. Gray has engaged 
the most eminent counsel at the bar, and I understand that he made a 
great impression in his speech for the defence. 

Jessie. Mr. Gray ! I shall never be able to repay him for his goodness. 

Travers {asiele). Goodness ! Poor old man ! {knock, l. d.) 

Enter Jinks. 

JiMKs. JNIr. Drudge, sir. 

Tr.wers. Show him in. (/o Jessie) This is the junior in the case. We 
will have the latest news. Mr. Jinks ! (Jinks has s:ood in the l. etoortoa:! 
without ffotnff out) This young lady will retire into the other room. (Jessie 
f.»(^? Jinks r/o r.) 

Jinks {aside to Jessie). Cheer up, miss. Our pleader has been making 
a great speech. [Krtt uith Jessie, k. d. 

Enter, L. D., loiinginr/lt/, Mr, Dritdge, around talk to L. c, by/ it. 

Travers. Well, IMr. Drudge? 

Drudge. Well, Mr. Travers, the jury have retired, and keep in a long 
while. He gave them sometliing to think of. A fine speecli, e.specially 
considering he only had a night to look at it. 

Travers. A night ■? 1 gave him tlie papers weeks ago. 

Drudge. Ah, yes ! Bat he has liad so much to do — parties, ojieras, 
Eutiliers, you know ? I 'coached" him. 

Travers. Do you call this fairl Pocket Iho fees, and then neglect 
your client's interests. 

Drudge. Oh, it's all your fault. 

Travers. What do you mean 1 

Drudge. I don't mean yours individually, but the fault of your pro- 
fession. You overwhelm a few wlio are at the head, and they can't re- 
fuse you. 

Travers. What would you have us do 1 

Drudge. Employ the juniors. 

'Travers. And liavo them become the leaders in their turn, and be just 
the same. Ah, Mr. Drudge, it's the same all the world over , no man 
does his duly unless he has a master to look over him. 

Drudge. Any way, I wish I had had the conduct of the case. Why, 
he's overlooked the most important point in it all. 

Jessie enters, r. d., nnnolieed, and comes s'.oteli; l. 

Travers. What's that "! 

Drudge. The half-witted boy, William, who is known to have a grudge 



ACT 11. >>! 

against the prisoner, T\-a3 seen loitering about tljo place just before the 
fire broke out. If tliat fact had been properly brouglit out, no jury 
would convict. I am sure the man is innocent. 

Jessik (coiniiir/ Io l. c ). I Iciiow he is! (^Tkavers rises, L. ; Drudge, 
c. K. of Jessie, who ajrpcats to Jmii ) 

Jessie. Oh, sir, go hito court and say wliat you hate just said to him. 
(^wfire nf liand toicanls Tuavers) Do it! Save him, oh, save him ! {fit.U 
on /jiiccs to l*RtJDGE. iScene closts in, quick.') 



SCENE II. — Garden wa'.l on \sl ijrooic. 
Enter, h., crossing, Mu. and Mrs. Bell. 

Peter (looldvg off v..). Tlie imprisonment of that young man is weigh- 
ing sorely on her heart. 

Mus. B. Ves. I persuaded her to leave the court for a while. The 
verdict will soon be rendereii. 

Peteu. In only one way will it restore her peace. I am much puz- 
zled in this matter. Looking at it one way, all seems right; looking at 
it another, it seems wrong to sell our child. 

iMits. B. Sell, Peter ? 

Peter. That is the word I fancy is whispered to me. 

Mrs. B. You forget Jessie is our child, and we must do our duly by 
her. She is young to choose, and I am sure Mr. Gray is irreproachable 
in his goodness. 

Peter. If he were not so kind I should be angry with Iiim. 

Mrs. B. That would be very wrong of us, Peter, after all he has done 
for us and her. 

Peter. She has set her h«art on Harry. 

Mrs. B. I don t know about that. She has loved Mr. Gray since a 
child — she loves him more than you think for. And, besides, we could 
not let our darling marry a man who is a criminal. 

Peter. He may be acquitted. 

Mns. B. He will then bo a young man without prospects. 

Peter. Poor Harry ! ((joinrj r.) 

Mrs. B. (floiiii/ R.). We have had onr troubles, Peter. 

Peter. And 1 am afraid they have hardened our hearts! 

[Exit R., tcitk Mrs. B. on his arm. 

Entrr, L., KiTTY and JiXKS, qimrrtUinff as tlicij come on. 

JiKKS. Don't tnke my arm, Kitty. I won't have it. 

Kitty. Don't bo cross about it ! 

JiN'KS. T am not cross. 

Kitty. Yes you are. 

Ji.vKS. 1 am not. 

Kitty. Then let me take your arm. 

Ji.xKs. No lawyer permits a woman to take his arm in the precinct of 
the court. 

Kitty. That's all nonsense ! I saw some ladies in the court this day, 
ami, on asking, they told me thev were the wife and children of the' 
ju.lse. 

Ji.NKs. Tliats nnothermatter. \Vait till I'm a judge, Kitty! 

Kitty. I ni afraid 1 shall have to wait a long time. 

JixKS. I don't know about that ! I've got my articles. 

Kittv. Your art'clcs : Piav. what are vour articles "! 



2ii DADDY GRAY. 

JINKS. Articles are — so to speak — a — a — I mean 

Kitty {Iniitjhs). By tliat I should say^liey were veiy vidrfiiiile articles ! 

JixKS. Quite a wit! lia, ha ! Well, my dear, a lawyer's clerk's articles 
are much the same thing as an ajiprentice's indentures. 

Kitty (.ilwckcd). An apprentice ! Are you only an apprentice, Augus- 
.tus '! If I had known that I never would have married you ! 

JiXKS. What a pity ! •> 

Kitty. Why, you told me that one day you would lie Lord Chancellor. 

Jinks. No ! I didn' t say would — I said mir/ht ! The law is a noble 
Iprofessioii, and I have risen by it. 1 have already attained to the dignity 
'of the Blue Bag ! 

Kitty. Pooh ! any washerwoman could say that ! 

Ji.xKS. Kitty, or, more solemnly, Catharine I you may knag the mar- 
ried man as much as you like at home, but respect the lawyer in the pre- 
cincts of the court ! (comic attitude, bacj held out.) 

Kitty. Don't quarrel. Let's kiss and be friends. 

Jinks. What would be said to a lawyer's clerk being seen kissing a 
woman in the precincts of the court % 

Kitty. But I am your wife. 

Jinks. That makes no difference. They'd strike me off the rolls. 

Kitty. Who would 1 

Jinks. In my case, the baker. I should lose my situation! 

Kitty. But I only wan't you to take me into court. 

Jinks. 'Very well, but don't take my arm. Restrain your feelings and 
wait till we get home ! [Exit k., foUowedby Kittt. 

Scene changes to 

cCENE III. — Court nrches and street, discoreriuff'WlLhlAMTaoMSOS, a ploui/h 
biy R. Bystanpeks k. and l. up, Lawyers with papers. Lawyers 
ame down io n. front, eindretire to hack, skuly. 

Enter, R., Kitty and JmKS to L. 

Kittt. What are they all waiting fori 
Jinks. AVaitiug for the verdict. 

UsuER entirs L. 

UsHEK. William Thomson, come into court. 
William. Here I bees, zur! 

UsuER. Come :nto court then! (William crosses, '[Js'OEB, bundles him off 
L. P. ly the ve.h.) 

.liNKS. The jury have retired. 

Kitty. Retire \^ 

JiXKS. To consider- the verdict. 

Kitty. Oh! {to}/.s up c.) Here comes Jessie, 

Enter, R. n. e., and by c, Jessie, JIr. an! Mrs. Bell. Jessie attd Mbs, 
Bell io bench, r. 

Kitty. How dreadful she looks over ir. I hope they'll clear him. 
Jinks. Impossible to say till the jury return. 



ACT II. 



Enter, L. D. to c, Mr. Teavers, tcJiom Jessih. rising, meets r.l c. 

Jessie. AVell, sir 7 

Tkavers. I cau tell nothing j'ct. 

Gkat enters c. 

Jessie {to him). OIi, DaiUly, haven't von a good -vvord for me ? 

Tkavers. Everytliing has been dune tliat could be done. Tlie rest is 
in otiier hands. [Exit h. i>. 

Gray (/o Jessie).* Jlr. Travel's says tliat tlie jury being so long con- 
sidering tlieir verdict is a good sign, (nsidc') I will do my duty. {lUoml) 
Don't desi)air ! 

Jessie. Do you despair, Mr. Gray? 

Gray. No, no! my dear. 

J ESSIE. You are so good ! 
. Gray. Don't cry so! It will all be well, (yocs /j l. to Ji.\ks) I've done all 
I could, Mr. Jinks ! (s/iiries Jinks' liuiid.) 

Kitty. You have acted nobly, sir. 

Gray. Thank you. {iiors up c.) 

Peter (comes to c). You have done your duly, Mr. Gray. {shaJces IwiifJs 
with Gray, returns to r.) 

Gray (c, asi/ic). Her fatlier says I have done my duty ! nobody can 
say a word after that! {up c.) 

Kitty. Augustus, why do the barristers wear those al>surd white wigs ? 

.TixKS. Why do the ladies wear those absurd c/uyHoxs .' 

Kitty. Because it's the fashion. 

Ji.N'KS. It's the fashion with barristers to wear white wigs. 

( Voice off L.) Stand aside there for the gentlemen of the jury to pass. 
(Jessie eomes more c. 1 

JixKS (?o Kitty). We will have it now. 

Kitty. Look at poor Jessie. 

Gray enters L. r>., ngitated. 

Jessie {to him, eagcrhj). Daddy, they haven't said the worst 7 {clings to 
hill.) 

Gray. Not yet — notliing yet, poor heart! I — I don't think they will! 

Kitty' (nsidc). I could kiss him, the dear old man. 

JiN'KS. You are always wanting to kiss somebody or other, Catliarine ! 

En'er, h., Travers, afraid to fire J es?,iv,, tcho riisius to him, c.* 

Jessie. Oh! you need not speak, I see it in you face! They have 
found him auilty. 

{f'oiee of UsuER. L.) Stand aside there! 

Mrs. Bell. Tetek. Jessie. Gn.w. JiSKS. KixTV. 

E. c. L. c. 



Mrs. Bell. Peiek. Je.ssie. Traveks. Gray. 

Kitty. JisKi*. 
», c. 0. L. c L. 



24 DADDY GKAY. 



JUiiHir, L. D., cro-sinff to n., Garden, between iivo Tolicemcn. 

Jessie. OIi 1 don't take him awaj', don't ! {repeats " don't" tUl hervoice is 
indtsiinct with sobs, elings to Harry.) 

All form picture. Music. 

Police. Btstanders. 

* * * * * * 

♦Harry. '*Grat. *Usher. 

*Jessie. *Tbavers. 

'*Mes. Bell. ""Kitty. 

■| *Peteb. '•'Jinks. 

SLOW CURTAIN. i 



ACT III. 

SCENE. — Garden before the cottage ; lively music, to which Johnny and Lot- 
tie are dancing, R., accmnpamed by butchers, R. 2 E., with cleavers and 

bones. 

Gray alters from cottage l. ; puts his hat on garden-seat, L. 

Gray. There, tliat will do ! Here's half a crown for you to go and 
diink my health ; go to the public house and get drunk. 

Butcuers {take money). Thank you kindly, sir ! [E.mait n. 2, K. 

OiiAY. I think it hard that a man can't be married without being re- 
minded of the butclier's bills he is likely to iucur afterwards ! {to Jounny 
and Lottie) Well, little ones 1 

.JonsxY. Well, Daddy ! 

Gray. Oh, you iniistn't call me Daddy any more. 

Johnny. Why not, Daddy 1 

Gray. Because I am going to be your brother, and Lottie's brother. 

JouxNY. Oh yes ! mother says tliat when you marry Jessie, you'll be 
our brother. AVon't that be funny ! 

[Laughing, exit into cottage with Lottie. 

Gray. Won't that be funny 1 I don't see anything so fuDuy about it. 

Enter, r., Postman uith letter to e. c. 

Postman. A letter for you, sir. 

Gray. Ah ! {lakes Idler) Here, postman, there's a shilling for you. 

Postman. Thank you, sir ! I'll drink your health, and the heallli of 
your young bride ! [Exil R. 

Gray. " Young bride ! " It's strange a man can't thank you for a 
present without a sneer ! and on a wedding day. A little while, and, with 
Jessie by my side, they may laugh who may ! And now, who's been 
writing to me ! From— Portl.ind ! a letter enclosed within it. To Jes- 
sie 1 From Harry I {reads) " Dear good Daddy Gray : Not knowing 
whether Jessie may be found at the same place, I enclose tliis to you. It 
is glorious news for us all. The bov William has been committed to this 



ACT III. 25 

prison on a cliarge of tlieft, and soon after his arrival he sent for tlie 
governor ami confessed to him lliat lie had been guiliy of setting fire to, 
and burning down, my mill out of a spite against me. The governor has 
wiitlen to the Home Secretary, and expects at any instant my release. 1 
know how glad this will make you; you wlio have been so good and kind 
to me and Jessie ! " He's free! This was written four days ago. He 
may be here at any moment ! Ah 1 Shall I give it to her ^ Shall Jessie 
' know of it 1 In one word, shall I dash from my lips the only cup of 
sweetness that I have ever lifted to them in all my years ! (pause) No ! I 
will save her from this man ! Soon we will be married ; she must not 
know until the danger is passed ! [Exit hurriedlij^ B., proscenium E. 

Enter, k. u. e., Mrs. Bell, Jessie, and Peteb to c. 

Mrs. B. Don't look so sad, my darling. It is not right towards Mr. 
Gray. 

Jessie. I will try not to be so, mother. 

Mrs. B. Don't let tears be shown on your face ! 

Jessie. Don't thiid; me ungrateful, nor disobedient. I mean to obey 
you, tliough it break my heart. I have given my word, mid 1 will keep 
it. 1 am going to be his wife. If I am not all I should be under that 
name, I will be — for your sakes, for his — all I can! 

Mrs. B. Come in, dear, and rest. You ai'e tired, {leads Jessie ojf L. into 
cottage.^ 

Petek {asiile) My mind misgives me. [Exit L. into eottat/r. 

Enter, R. u. E, Kitty and Jinks; .Iinks hnnges down r. a little, leans 
at^aimt set wall, sntokint/. 

Kitty (doicn c). Augustus ! Augh ! how I can't bear tliat hateful 
smoke ! A pipe to-day ! Sliame ! 

Jinks. It's not my wedding-day ! 

Kitty. I wisli it was ! 

Jinks. Do you, Catharine ? 

Kitty. .\nd I d have you at the clinrch door! 

Jinks. I'd refuse to go with you so far. 

Kitty. The idea of my coming to a wedding in jilain muslin ! It's all 
your fault ! How I envy Jessie I She's going to marry a niee, roinfortnUe 
old man. {(liese words are to be made a '^ point, ^ by pceidtar ddnenj). Oh, 
dear ! 

Jessie enters L.from cottage, 

Jessie. I thought I heard your voice. I am so glad you have come, 
Kitty. 

Kitty. Then you don't look iL What! crying on your wsdding-day? 
Ain't vou happy 7 

Jessie. Can you ask me ? 

Kitty. Oil ! still thinking of Harry 1 

Jessie. I am afraid I shall think of him, when to do so would be a, 
crime ! 

Kitty. Mr. Gray is such a good and kind man. 

Jessie. It is just his kindness that makes me feel it worse. If he were 
unliind now 

Kitty. Oh, he loves you, and I am sure he will do all he can to make 
you happy. 

Jessie. Yes ! 

Kitty. You ought to be thankful. It don't fall to everybody's lot to 



26 DADDY OKAY. 

Iiave such a nice, comfortable old man like Mi-. Gray ! (points to Jinks in 
disgust) There's a specimen of a young man ! Oh, Jessie look at him ! 
You can't think how I loved that man at first! Ah I 1 begin to think 
that the best lovers make the worst of husbands. 

Jes.sie. I .shonldn't say that. 

Kitty. 1 ve had exi)erience, my dear! Oh, I wish I had my time over 
again! Depend ui)i)n it, my dear, it i.s better to begin cooi ami warm up! 

Jessie. But su|)pose you shouldn't warm up after all 1 

KiTTi'. Then, dear, you are not subject to those variations of tempera- 
ture which are so trying to the strongest constitution I I loved Augustus 
dearly, but now all his love is given to another 

Jessie. Another ! 

Kitty. Yes, he thinks of nobody but that horrid pipe ! But I wouldn't 
mind that if he liad not lost his situation. 
. . I ESSIE. Oh, I am sorry to hear that. 

Kitty. Yes, all because he would wear a white hat! Mr. Travers said 
it was unprofe.ssional, and discharged him. And as Augustus would not 
jiart with the hat, he had to look about for some profession when it was 
available. Unhappily, there was nothing but betting. 
I Jessie. I have heard thai is a very bad trade! 

Kitty. Oh, siiocking! It's taking Augustus up all the time lo London, 
and broken my heart witli his ways. 

Jinks. We are all liable to reverses of fortune. 

Kitty. The Wheel of Fortune, you mean I You spend half your 
money and all your time in that low public house. 

Jinks. No, my dear ! I can spend all my money in Iialf my time, and 
the Wheel ol Fortune is not a low public house. The wines are neat, 
and the skittle ground is dry. 

Kitty {to Jessie). He's all the time getting something "on," and never 
by an possibility pulling it oflf ! 

Jinks. You forget, my dear, the Chester Cup. {comes down e. c.) 

Kitty. A jiretly thing t/iat was. 

Jinks. 1 won ten pjoundsl 
\ Kitty (/o Jessie). And the party bolted and you never got the money. 

Jinks. I had the right tip. though, (coc^is his hut over one ef/e, o)ul waiLs 
vp R. c. to tfd't on watt as before. ) 

Kitty. You are always getting the right tip, but never making tlp- 
pence by it! Oh, my dear, (to Jessie) you have no idea of my trials. 
Think of marrying a man, and si.x uionl)is after, reading in the 
weekly newspapers, of his being taken up as an obstruction to the tlioi- 
ouglifare, with nothing found in his po.ssessioii but a black-lead pencil 
and a (enjinij) mem — mem — memorandum-book! 

Jessie. Don't cry! (arms around Kitty) Why, here you were consoling 
me, and now I am consoling you! 

Kitty {sobbing),. And it's me that has need of consoling, and not you — 
that's going to marr — niarr — marry a nice, comfortable old man, who'll 
give you everything you want! 

Jessie. Let us go indoors. 

Kitty. Go indoors! Ah! you don't know what I have to endure! 
{making a face at Jinks) Mi ah! [E.rit L. into cottage tci/li Jessie. 

Jinks. Ah! {eomes dowi c.) I wonder what I ever married for! When 
I was a child, I hankered after plum-pudding, and svlieii I gratifipd my 
wish, I was ill for weeks ; when I was a bc>\' I wanted to smoke ; I smok- 
ed. It made me sick! And, arrived at man's estate, laspiredto a wife. 
I've got one. and she's made me miserable. Ah, here comes Mr. Gray! 
(looking R ) He is going to become a victim. Actually looks merry over 
it! Poor iiiiiocentl 



Aci III. 27 



Gray enle'-s K., proscenium e., with nosegay. 

Gray. Ah, Mr. Jinks, I am glad that you are come on this auspicious 
occasion; of course you have brouglit your wife'? {they shake hands.) 

Jinks (nwuoifiMii). Yes, she's in there with Jessie. 

Gray. Jessie will be ^lad to see her. But you don't wish me joy! 

Jinks {sM-mcfiilly). Mr. Gray, I wish you joy. 

Gray. You look as if you had come to a funeral. 

Ji.NKS. Jlr. Gray, though old in years 

Gray (te-tluy). Confound it! what do you mean, sir^? 

Jinks. Mr. Gray, I meant no otience! Though old in years 

Gray. But 1 am not old in years 

Jinks. You may pride yourself on your age. 

Gray. But i don't pride myself on my age. 

Jinks. I say, if you were as old as ^latlm.salelUll ! 

(iRAY. But I aui not as old as Mathusaleum! 

Jinks. Uoiit interrupt. As long as a man has not been married, he 
can have no experience of the married state ! 

Gray. Why, what experience have you had 1 Y'ou have only been mar- 
ried si.^; months. 

Jinks. During that short but by no means blissful period, I have had 
my views widened. Marriage I have found to be a sell ! Make the mo.st of 
l)retty flowers while they are in bloom, flourish your while kid gloves 
while the}' are new! But, mark my words! The flowers will fade, (r/ors 
oicr L.) and the kid glove will bu'st. [Kft h. into atttige. 

Gray («&««, c.) Oh, he's a fool! No, no, he isn't; he's right. Jtar- 
riages are not so very hap)iy when one giddy young person marries another 
giddy young person. But when the parties are suitably mated, it iu 
quite anotlier affair. (checrfuUii) This wants a few more flowers for Jes- 
sie, and will be all right. Ah ! {stooping to pick flowers L.) These blue-hells 
to set oft' the white. Blue-beUs, in the language of flowers, they mean 
constancy. She will imderstaud. Not that she requires any reminder 
of her duty. Oh I no. 

Elder, R., during the above, Harry Garden, to wall, B. 

Harry {aside). I should know that figure. Old Daddy Gray ! What is 
he doing here 1 he didn't live here, {enter. R., cautiously.) I'll give him 
an agreeable surprise. He'll be so glad to see me. (puts his hands oerr 
Gray's eyes.) 

Gray '(merrily.) Eh! who's the rogue ■? Not Johnny 1 Not the mclau- 
anchcily Mr.Jinksl Oh, 1 have it ! It's Jessie ! (rises). 

Harry. You're not far off. Daddy, (takes away his hands.) 

Gray (intensely amazed). Ah! {recedes n little down L. side.) 

Harry. Why, Daddy, you seem surprised to see me. Didn't you get 
my letter ■? didn't yfiu know a Harry ^ 

Gray. Is it Mr. Garden "? 

Harry. Then ycni haven't heard of it — you didn't get my letter 7 I 
see how it is ! My sudden appearance, when you thought me at the bot- 
tom of a dungeon, has quite astounded you. 

Gray. I knew nothing of it. 

Harry. Then Jessie don't know. I will go to her cottage and give 
her a surprise. 

Gray (aside). He don't know that she is here. The cottage is three 
miles off". 

Harry. But your air! your white gloves ! the flowers. Ha, ha ! they 



28 DADDY GEAT. 

told me you were going to be married in the village, but I didn't believe 
them. W^^ll, Daddy, don't be embarrassed over il., because you have been 
a long time about it. Who's the happy bride 1 Is it the widow Watkins, 
fair, fat and forty 1 Or the Miss Scraggs, of the Berlin Wool Repository 1 
There, there; I'll find out all about it from Jessie, (goes up and over r.) 
Good-bye, then ! [Exit r. u. e. laughing. 

Gray. Arrived! He is here ! It will take him two hours lo go there 
and back, and meanwhile, Jessie will be my wife. 

Enter, L., from coittige, Peteb. 

Peter. Come, Mr. Gray, time is getting on, and Jessie is waiting only ' 
for you. \Exit, l., into cottage. 

Gray. Yes, yes ! 

\Exit into cottage, hastity, with his hat from garden-seat. 

Enter, k. d. e., looking off r., Harry. 

HinRT. There's a fly coming up the road. It's evidently going to bo 
a grand affair. I have a mind to stay lo see it. By Jove! (_l. f.ont) 
here comes the bride, (l. 1 e.) 

Enter, L., from cottage, Jessie and Kitty to c. 

"Kitty. Oh, don't cry, my love ! 

Harky (aside). She's not stout enough for the 'Widow Watkins, and 
not scraggy enougli for Miss Scraggs. It's a rude thing, but, by Jove, I 
have a mind to peep! I will, too! (goes to c. Just as Jessie let's her 
face f,. II) Jessie ! 

Jessie (fa Is into Harry's arms). Harry! save me, save me ! 

Kitty (tip E.). Fie ! Oh ! (crosses to L., !«p) Mr. Gray ! Mr. Gray ! 

[Exit into cottage. 

Jessie. Are you free ] 

Harry. Free and clear of stain. 

Jessie. Alas! I 

Harry. Speak ! 

Jessie. I could not help it. While you were away — I promised if you 
should be called guilty — I agreed to become his wife. Oh, don't be angry 
with nie ! don't be angry with him ! 

Enter, i.., from cottage. Gray, ivho leans up against porch pillar during 
following, and Iwens. 

Jessie. He is all goodness and kindness ! He asked for my hand. 1 
could give him it, but not my heart, which was yours, and is yours to the 
last. I feared you would never return to claim it ! 

Harry (sadlg). I see it all. You were going to be his wife. You 
owed him a great debt^ — so did I, for all he has done for me. I shall 
never, I feai-, be able" to repay it. Oh, (going n.) it were better 1 had died 
far away ! (n. font.) 

Jessie. Oh. don't say that! 

Enter, font cottage, Me. ami Mrs. Beli,, Kittt, and Mr. Jinks, down l., 
and Lottie «W Johnny. 

Mrs. B. We are waiting for you, Jessie. 
Peter. Where's the bridegroom 1 



BADDT GKAT. 29 

Gray {crosses do^vn to IIaury, tuhcs Kis hand, leads him to c, attd puts 
Jessie's hand m it). The bridegroom is liere !* 

All. Oil ! 

Kitty (Io Augdstus). Oh ! I sliould liite to see tlie young man who 
would do tluit .' 

\^:^:,\ito,ctha■).m.(i.^y^ 

Okay. Don't tliaulc me ! 1 am not so good as you thiiili me ! 

Jessie. Oli, yes, you are good, Daddy ! 

Gray. No ! I was a wiclied old man, but my eyes were opened before 
it was loo late. Tliere! 1 give your hand wliere you have given your 
heart ! 

Peter {to Gray). You've taken a load oS' my heart, Jlr. Gray ! 

IUks. B. This is generous of you. 

Gray (toJESSiE^ I am not going to lose all, thougli. 'i'ou are tlie 
same still to me — only more, jierhaps. I love you. Vou are dearer Ilian 
life, dear as a child to me ! 

Jessie. Your generous words bring all the old love back to my heart! 
{emhrnces Gray,«'/;o kisses her fore/iead.) 

Kitty. Ah, Augustus! f wish 1 knew some generous words that 
would bring back all ycnir old love to me. 

Jinks (altered maimer). Kitty, 1 can't stand the influence any longer. 
Your words make me a changed man ! Come to my arms ! (embraces 
Kitty.) 

Gray*. And now {chimes on harmonicoyi) ilark ! They were to 

have rung for you and me ! So they do ring for us. They are ringing 
the old Love out and the new Love in ! 

*L0TTIE. *J0UNNY. 

Peter. *Mrs. Bell. *GnAY. *Jessik. *Habry. *Kitty. *Jinks. 



CURTAIN. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

E. means Eight of Stage, facing the Audience ; L. Left ; C. Centre ; E. C. Eight 
of Centre ; L. C. Left ot Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running hctoss 
the back ot the Staije ; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat ; H. D. F. Eight Door in 
tlie Flat ; L. C. F. Lett Door in the Flat ; U. D. Iliglit Door ; L. D. Lett Do.ir : 1 E. 
First Enlnince; 2 E. .Secouci Eutraace ; U. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 U. First 
Second or Third Groove. 

I!. R C. C. L. C. L. 

03" The reader is suproseJ to be upon tUe stage facing the audience. 



30 DADDY GltAX. 



COSTUMES. 

Baddy G-R^r.—Acts 1. and II. : Light blue double-breasted -waisfcoat, with trasa 
buttons ; a rather broad -brimmed old-fashioned hat, grey-coat, long-skirted ; 
nankeen-colored trousers, grey neck-tie ; iron-grey hair, small grey side "whis- 
kers. Act 111. : Light trousers, dai'k claret coat, laced with black, and with 
black buttons ; white vest, white hat. 

Harry Garden, a Miller.— Grey vest and coat, light breeches ; gaiters, buttoned up 
to the knees ; low-crowned black hat, side-whiskers and short-curl wig of light 
hair ; striped shirt, with collar of same ; blue neck-tic. 

Peter Bell, a working-man.— Short goatee, short-curl wig; black cutaway coat, 
white collar, thick neck-cloth ; velveteen waistcoat, with large bone buttons ; 
light-colored corduroy trousers, hat. Act III. : In " best " clothes ; light 
trousers, black coat, black hat, fancy flowered pattern waistcoat. 

Mr. Traveks, a Lawyer. — Black coat and vest, dark brown pants, black hat and 
gloves ; grey wig, bald on top ; eye-glass ; spectacles for him, Act I. Scene I. 

Mr. Drudge.— Suit ot black, black gown ; horse-haii- tie-wig, lawyer's band. 

Augustus Jinks. — Act I. : New suit of drab coat, very dark red vest, watch-chain ; 
plaid trousers, white silk hat; fancy embroidered shirt-front. Act II.: Light 
suit of cutaway coat, vest and pants, trimmed and edged at cuflfs and pocket- 
holes with black braid ; the white hat as before. Scent JI. : With a blue bag. 
Act III.: Shabby, clothes of a '"sporting" cut; long drab coat, with large 
buttons ; dark vest, plaid pants, old white hat, with black band ; matches, to 
light, in box, and pipe .to smoke. 

Johnny Bell.— --Ic^ 7. .• Cap, tunic and Knickerbockers ; light grey stockings. Act 
III. : Knickerbockers, tunic and breeches of dark gi'cy ; black lappels on tunic ; 
dark grey stockings ; a large white rosette, with streamers, on left breast. 

Two Tolicemen.— Helmet, coats, etc. See Illustrated London Times or J^ews lor fidl 
costume. 

Three Butchers.— Md /7i).— Blue smock frocks, caps; all with white rosettes on 
loft breast ; raan'ow-bones and cleavers. 

Two OR Three Lawyers.— [^Ici 777).— Like Mr. Drudge. 

Two OR Three Men for Bystanders.— (.4ci 777).— Dress immaterial. 

A Miller's Boy.— Wide-awake, smock-frock, etc., all floured. 

Postman.— Uniform of dark blue, faced with scarlet ; cap. 

Jessie Bell.— .4c/ 7 : White dress, white apron; no jewelry; hair rather plain. 
Act JI. : Dark blue dress, black mantle, straw bonnet, trimmed with colcr to 
suit. Act III.: Bride's dress; white lace " square " mantle, white hat, with 
white lace " fall " and ribbon ; gloves, etc. 

Kitty Clatteuey.— ^fi I. : Straw bonnet, dress of striped stufi'; shawl. Act II. .- 
Dress of thin striped stuff, bonnet, and black mantle. Act III. : Dress of 
white and blue striped muslin ; white and blue bonnet. 

Mrs. Bell.— .4c? 7. ; Grey dress, white apron, with upper pieece to the shoulders ; 
white cap. Act II.: Dark dress and cloak; bonnet. Act III.: Dark dress, 
white cap. i 

Lottie, a Little Girl of Ten.— Act I. : Dark dress, blue pinafore and apron. Ad 111, : 
White dress. 

Several Guests.— (For Act 777).— Ordinary walking dress. 

Bridesmaids.- As u-^ual. 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 



97. 
66. 

172. 

94. 

45. 
155. 
178. 

147. 
156. 



Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts. 1:3 
ijurkinsi' Love Letters, fiirce, 1 act.. 3 

L'Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life C'h.ise.dnim;i, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act 3 

Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, f:irce, 1 act 4 

Little Raby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Locked In with :i La-ly, sketch, 1 act. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act. . 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act.. . 1 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, I'lay, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at. Any Price, f;irce, 1 act. 5 
ISlaster Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama. 1 act .. 8 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama. 3 acts 5 

Model of a Wife, farce. 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act i 



My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality. 1 act 1 

Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce. 1 act 3 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 

Nobody's child, drama, 3 acts 8 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 

No Nyme, drama, 5 acts 7 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 

Not So Bad a^ We Seem, play, 5act'3.14 

Not (Juilty, drama. 4 acts 10 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, drama. 

3 acts 5 

Noihing Like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 

No Tiioroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue 13 

Otf the Stage, comedietta, 1 act 3 

On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act... I 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 

Only Sonie)>ody, farce, 1 act 4 

One too Many for Him. farce, 1 act. 2 

£100,000. comedy, 3 acts 8 

Orange Blo-soms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 

Our ( .lerks, farce, 1 act 7 

Our Domestics, comedy farce, 2 acts 6 
Our Heroes, military play. 5 acts. . .24 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 

Overland Route, comedy. 3 acts 11 

Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act 1 

Peepo' Day. drama, 4 acts 12 

Peggy Green, fane, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act 15 24 

Photographic Fix. farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



No. M. 

61. Plot and Passion, drama. 3 acts 7 

138. Poll and Partner Joe, burlesque, 1 

act 10 

110. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, 1 3 

50. Porter's Knot, drama. 2 acts 8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 3 

95. Prett> Horse-Breaker, farce, 1 act.. 3 10 

181 and 182. (^ueen Mary, drama, 4 acts.38 8 

157. liuite at Home, comedietta. 1 act. . . 5 2 
196. (Queerest Courtship (The), comic op- 
eretta, 1 act 1 1 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts 16 2 

38. Rightfu. Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

13. Ruy Bins, drama. 4 acts 12 4 

1SI4. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 

195. Rosemi Shell, travesty, 1 act, 4 

scenes 6 3 

158. School, comedy. 4 acts 6 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama. 17 5 

37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act 3 2 

35. Silent Woman, farce. 1 act 2 1 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta. 1 act. . 7 2 

6, Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 2, 1 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act.. 1 1 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts IB 5 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act.. 7 
31. Taming a Tiger, farce. 1 act 3 

15U. Tell-Tale He,irt. comedietta. 1 act 12 

120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 1 
146. There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act. 

Thrice Married, personation piece, 

1 act... 6 1 

Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts.. 7 3 
Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 7 5 

Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 1 

VM. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 13 2 

2^1. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act 5 3 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 

126. Twice Killed, farce, I act 6 3 

56, Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123. Two Polts, fa.ce, 1 act 4 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

1 act 3 1 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 1 

106. Up fur the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 2 

81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

118. Wanted, a YoungLady, farce, 1 act. 3 
44. War to the Knife, comedy. 3 acts. . . 5 



83. 
42. 



133. 
153. 



161. 



Which ofthe Two? comedietta, I act 2 10 



Who is Who? farce. 1 act. 

Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 

William Tell with a Vengeance, 

burlesque. 8 

Woman in Red. drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 6 

Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 

Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 
Young Collegian (Cantab.), farct. 1 3 



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